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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
America's love affair with hamburgers has resulted in a bumper year for New Zealand beef farmers, says Beef + Lamb NZ (BLNZ).
To heed the lessons of the Northland by-election the Government needs to stay connected with New Zealand’s rural and remote communities, says Environment Minister Nick Smith.
Worksafe NZ's prosecution of Work and Income New Zealand over last year’s Ashburton shootings holds worrying implications for New Zealand farmers, says the Federated Farmers board member responsible for health and safety, Katie Milne.
Horticulture NZ’s chief executive Peter Silcock is shifting out of the primary sector after 30 years.
Farmers are among the fastest business people seeing the advantages of UAV technology, says Warren Eade of GeoSystems NZ. (UAV stands for unmanned aerial vehicle, or ‘drone’).
High speed broadband is a core requirement for farmers, says Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Alex White.
Many pests in New Zealand continue to be managed with poor understanding of their bionomics and impacts, warns the abstract of a paper published this month in the Journal of the Royal Society.
Farmers and farming organisations had better focus their energy on keeping safe on their farms, rather than getting into debates on whether children should be banned from riding as passengers on quads.
Fonterra says milk collection in the South Island in March was 7% below last season.
Farmers and Horizons Regional Council were for years at each other’s throats over the infamous One Plan and the council’s stance seen by some as anti-farming.
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Consumer preferences have moved from taste to looks. That’s the view of Ohakune commercial vegetable grower Bruce Rollison, growing Brussel sprouts and parsnips for the domestic market.
“The only reason I’m here is because I failed.” How often have you heard a farming event opened with a line like that?
Pig kill for the last financial year was 12,000 less than budgeted for by NZPork, showing the continuing consolidation in the industry.
Eat your heart out dairy farmers: even if your pasture is the best in the country it won’t come close to amassing the feed/day a cereal crop can, judging by Foundation of Arable Research (FAR) findings.
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